
Can officers ask about parole status during a stop without violating the Fourth Amendment?
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United States v. Ramos serves as a reminder for officers about the possible challenges that may arise when invoking an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement.
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Understanding the nuances between reasonable suspicion and probable cause is crucial in navigating the legal framework of the Fourth Amendment.
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An Eighth Circuit case hinged on whether a suspect could be questioned while under pain meds in the hospital.
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Officers can go off of reasonable suspicion To enact a seizure and Terry frisk.
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A 2021 case involving an Iowa police department reveals how the Supreme Court is refining the exigent circumstances exemption.
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When a convicted felon fled from a traffic stop, officers pursued and arrested him. Then they searched his vehicle and his personal effects.
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The Supreme Court recently ruled on a New Mexico case that established when a use of force constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure.
Read More →While Cady recognized that police perform “many civil tasks” in modern society, the “recognition that these tasks exist” is not “an open-ended license to perform them anywhere,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the majority opinion.
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